Teacher Week

Ok, so after finding Babbling Abby's blog. I am going to participate in Teacher Week. It looks like so much fun and I have enjoyed reading everyone's posts so far!

1. I have wanted to be a Kindergarten teacher my entire life. As a child, I would teach my bears, dolls and little sister. It is my dream job and I am proud to say, this is my 5th year teaching!

2. I absolutely get excited when I go to Knowledge Tree (the local Teacher store) and could spend my entire paycheck on things for my classroom or students.

3. My glue gun is just about the handiest thing around in my class. I actually had to go this week and purchase another, due to overusing it and burning it up! I hang EVERYTHING on the walls with hot glue. **HINT- Concrete walls and tape and low air circulation= posters all over floors.

4. My school is a Title 1 school and I wouldn't trade it to go work at a private school. I have gotten to know so many of my students and their families and I feel like some of them are like my own :) We really don't know how blessed we are.

5. I have had 5 principals in the past 5 years at one school, but I am very excited about the changes that have been made this school year.

6. I have been Brigance Testing my K students for 3 days now and man, I am ready to get into a routine, so I can get to know my kids and just teach.

7. I don't think I could live without my mailbox system I use for my students. Each child has a mailbox that they put work, notes to go home or papers in each day. Every child has their own in ABC order and they are such a blessing. (even though they are just about on their last leg, just worn out, lol) I also store colred paper, copy paper and construction paper in them.

8. I don't know what I would do without all my teacher friends. I have so many and it is great just to be able to talk, share ideas with or just vent to. I have met many teacher friends throughout my career and became close to a few this summer. I am so excited to share, talk and plan online with these fabulous ladies this school year!

9. Last, teaching is so rewarding for me to see the children and their growth throughout the year. Over the years, I have seen many light bulbs come on and the excitement on their face is priceless. The most rewarding I believe was this past year. I had many students with different needs in my class and the results on the Stanford test made me so proud. The majority of my students tested at a end of 1st grade or a 2nd grade level student. I had one particular boy that really showed huge growth. He came in not knowing colors, letter recognition or numbers and left out with Principal's List. I was amazed and super proud to be called his TEACHER!

This is a start about some of the things going on with me and my Kindergarten year so far. Happy Teacher Week!